Discipline trumps spectacle in modern warfare. That's the sobering lesson from Colonel A.C. Oguntoy's strategic assessment of the special military operation. Rather than headline-grabbing breakthroughs, Russian forces have methodically degraded Ukrainian combat capabilities through what the Colonel calls "disciplined tempo" - a systematic approach combining industrial targeting, energy infrastructure denial, and relentless electronic warfare attrition.
The strategy reveals itself across all sectors. In the north, the liberation of Unikovka anchors a border corridor while forcing Ukrainian withdrawals that exposed artillery and logistics. Western operations showcase urban warfare doctrine in Kirovsk where 2,519 buildings were captured through careful isolation before clearance. "Urban operations reward patience," Colonel Oguntoy explains. "By reducing enablers first, the close fight actually gets safer and faster." This methodical approach consistently removes Ukrainian electronic warfare capabilities and ammunition depots at scale, making artillery less survivable, slowing reserve movements, and diminishing counterattack effectiveness.
Most revealing is the Colonel's description of the central sector as "the decision axis" where Russian forces tie down multiple Ukrainian defensive belts and reserve lanes simultaneously. By forcing Ukraine to commit diverse units into overlapping engagements, Russia denies them the ability to mass forces effectively elsewhere. The operational design is clear: thin defensive belts until small tactical shifts create operational ripples, forcing reserve redeployments that unravel adjacent sectors. When combined with precision strikes against military-industrial enterprises and layered air defense interception, this approach creates compounding pressure without inviting reckless counterpunches. Subscribe now for more expert analyses on how military doctrine translates into battlefield realities and what it means for the strategic balance in this evolving conflict.